Jeff Avery with his 1969 C10 Chevrolet pickup, winner of the C10 Nationals Truck of the Year. Courtesy photo Jeff Avery has a couple of pickup trucks parked at his Sachse home, though he doesn’t drive them much. Instead, he shows them at competitions where vehicles...
Home Depot employees deliver pallets of boxed cereal to Amazing Grace Food Pantry. Courtesy Amazing Grace Food Pantry Wylie pantry celebrates 20 years of feeding neighbors What began in 2006 as a small community service effort has grown into a lifeline for thousands...
TECRT Director Michael Dikovitsky and fellow TECRT volunteers. Courtesy photo When tragedy strikes — whether it’s a police shooting, a suicide, a mass casualty event or a devastating natural disaster — first responders rush toward the scene. But once the sirens fade...
Four new members of the Murphy Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) receive their certificates at the March 3, City Council meeting. From left, Fire Chief Perry Elliott, Fire Marshal Scott Eckstein, John M. Cox, Kathleen Hempel Cox, Jessica Weeks, CERT Director...
More than one-fourth of registered Collin County voters turned out for the March 3 primary elections, according to unofficial final results reported by Collin County Elections. And the number of Democratic voters nearly equaled that of Republican voters, a sharp...
The Murphy City Council has accepted the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report after receiving an unmodified or clean report from auditors.Also on the agenda for the Tuesday, March 3, council meeting, Fire Chief Perry Elliott and Fire Marshal Scott...
Wylie-based music therapist Daniel Tague’s new book “Music for the Heart” is available in physical and e-book form on Amazon. Tague introduces 10 research-based methods individuals can implement to intentionally use music for better health. Music is for more than just...
A visitor to the construction site of McKinney National Airport’s new passenger terminal checks out an artist’s rendering of how the building will look when completed later this year. Bob Wieland/C&S Media Dozens of McKinney city officials donned hard hats, orange...
Wearing a rainbow dress, a young angler lands a trout with the help of her dad. Bob Wieland/Murphy Monitor It was perfect fishing weather as hundreds of young anglers ringed the pond at Murphy City Hall for the 12th Rainbow Trout Roundup. The event has been held...
